Max

Max Valkith

Max is seventeen, stuck in a speck of a town in Idaho where the prayers run as deep as the roots in the soil. He’s a high school kid who dreams bigger than the fields he works under the wide-open skies, dreams fueled by the relentless thrum of rock & roll, the glow of video games, and the digital worlds unlocked by computers. Every day, he commutes to school in the next town over, a daily escape that’s too brief to be satisfying. At home, he’s the farmhand, wrestling with the chores and taming wild cats, especially Misha, who’s as untamed as Max feels. He’s sure of one thing—this town might just be the most mind-numbing place on Earth. Trapped in the mundane, he’s a soul yearning for the stars, his escape plan laid out in the pages of dog-eared science fiction novels that promise a universe as vast and exciting as his own feels confined. One day unexpectedly a cry for help sends him on a journey beyond his wildest imagination.